The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-10
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

poosa- Horrible Death in Saw Mil
In Polk County.
GEORGIA.
The crop outlook is better than for several
years.
TallapooSa needs more hotel accommoda-
tons
The peach crop in Columbia county will
be short and inferior.
The crop reports from all sections of
Floyd county are good.
A lady in Bnlloch county is said TO have
100 head of young turkeys.
The Mayor of Macon has been enjoined
from signing the water works contract.
Six large sturgeon were captured in the
Savannah river near Augusta last week.
Marshallville's evaporating establishment
is now in full blast, running day and night
Pledger, a notorious character of the Bull
lock stripe, desires to speak against prohi-
bition in Rome.
The Association of Confederate Veterans
of Macon county will assemble at the camp
ground on Thursday, July 2S.
It has been definitely settled that the pro-
posed addition of thirty rooms to the Allen
House, at Americas, will not be made this
year, il at all.
Members of the fifty-second Georgia regi-
ment are invited to a reunion at Dahlonega
on Aug. 10, and of the Seventh at Powder
Springs on July 2l
j. f. Duncan, of Forsyth county, has in
his possession the knife with which John
Hill killed Henry Harbour, in Gwinnett
county, two years ago.
A railroad is being built from the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia road to the
Lowry marble quarry, near Cedartown, a
distance of half a mile.
No arrangements have as yet been made
TO start up the Pioneer paper mill at Athens,
but it is hoped that something will soon be
done looking to that end.
The new grist mill building at Bruins
wick is now done, and the machinery ready
TO put up. They aim TO be ready to make
meal and grits by July p.
Work oil the new clearinghouse of the
LaGrapge Female College was begun Thurs
day. 1t viii be rapidly pushed under the
direction of George King.
The new Mayor aud Councilman of Dub
lin are: Mayor, F. Fl. Burch; Aldermen,
NJ. L. Jones, A. Chavous, Charles Hicks, r.
NJ. Arnau and B. T. Baker.
Melvin McCollum reports that D. n.
Stevenson, in Coldwater district of Chattoo-
ga county, made forty-five bushels of excel
lent wheat on two acres, without any
manure.
The latest arrival at G. S. Hollands, of
Excelsior, is girl a week old, and what is
strange it has six perfectly developed toes
on each foot. Otherwise, it is a perfect
healthy child.
William Hillson tcoloreCD killed his
brother, Thomas Hillson, near Hines
station on the Augusta. Gibson and Sanders
vile railroad Thursday He did the killing
witha piece of fence rail
& -.
to Camilla eighty-two pounds of collard
seed few days ago, which he sold at zoe
per pound. That is cheap, but it beats cot
ton. He raised them on half an acre
Sheriff t. B. Henderson left Waycross
Friday for Brunswick with Joe Arnold, to
be put in the county Jail there for safe
keeping. He is charged with cold-blooded
murder and killing a man named Pat Ward
Last Saturday the Athens Factory closed
down for two weeks in order TO do some re-
pairs. The pond was drawn Off Some of
The hands are given work, but the most of
them are idle and taking a needed resting
spell.
Sam Reddick one of the best known ne
groes of Camilla, died last Saturday morn
ing. In play, he and fellow laborer had
been pitching watermelons at each other
One of these struck Sam in the stomach and
caused some internal injury, from which he
died
Wednesday night as Mrs. E. w. Beck, of
Griffin, was closing the window at her resi-
dence she discovered negro man who
seemed to be inspecting the premises with
view TO robbery. As soon as the villain saw
that he was discovered he made thrust at
Mrs. Beck with knife and fled.
1t is reported at Jacksonville that the fol-
lowing is an answer to "A question pro
pounded by the County School Commits
sioner to ar applicant for license to teach
school: ''What is an elementary soundg"
AN elementary sound isa sound made from
the mouth, and makes a sound in the ele-
ments.n
Friday morning at o'clock Detective n.
b. Rhodes left Waycross for Brooksville
Fla, with DR.. William Hammond to an
swer charges made against him He volun-
torily agreed TO go back to Florida without
requisition papers, as they had not come
yet. Dr. Hammond settled with Mr.. Jack
bcn satisfactorily.
A private letter received in Athens from
Alfred Bertling, who recently left for Ger
many to wind up DR.. Bertling's estate there.
states that he has collected the money with
out any difficulty and will soon sail for
home, returning via London. where he will
stop TO visit his sister. Mr.. Bertling will
get about $4,000.
This has been a busy week among the
fruit growers around Marshalville From
100 70 800 crates have been shipped daily.
notwithstanding the weather has been un-
favorable for the most part One orchard
near town will furnish nearly 5000 lone
third busheD crates this season, while other
orchards contribute literally to the trade.
Ward Sheppard, of Watkinsville, saws
that they have not as yet had more than
enough rain to lay the dust Around High
Shoals Il is as dry as a powder horn
Strange TO say crops are not suffering for
water, for the moisture in the atmosphere
seems to him To have kept them going. If
good seasons can he had from now on good
yields will be made.
The farmers living on the Mulberry river.
In jackson county, are very much excited
about strange animal that is roaming
around in that part Of the county. Ben
Arnold, a negro, sent his little girl TO the
spring after water, when this strange ami
NAL attacked her and inflicted such fearful
wounds that the child died from it on last
Saturday. 1t is thought that it is a wolf.
A wild rumor was i'm circulation at Amer
icus Friday 10 the effect that certain foreign
capitalists had made large investments In
AmeTicus real estate the day before TO the
amount of several hundred thousand dollars.
A careful inquiry into the matter developed
the fact that there was nothing whatever in
the report, aud that the parties alluded TO
we're merely there on a matter Of private
business.